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South Sudan South Sudan
- South Sudan’s national flag. Also the flag of the SPLM/SPLA.
Official name: Republic of South Sudan (RSS)
Capital: Juba (Proposed new capital Ramciel)
Founded: 9 July 2011
Official language: English
Dialing code: +211
Domain Name: .ss
Time Zone: East Africa Time (UTC+3)
Currency: South Sudanese pound (SSP)
Adult Literacy: 27 percent (2009)
Geography
Area: 619,745 km2
Region:
South Sudan is a landlocked country in east-central Africa.
However, South Sudan is classified as part of the North Africa subregion by the United Nations (UN).
Bordering Countries
Population:
- 2011 | 10,314,021 Source: World Bank estimate
- 2008 | 8,260,490 Source: Disputed Census
Government
Presidency:
National Legislative Assembly
Ruling Party: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM)
Military: Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA)
History
The Republic of South Sudan became independent from Sudan on 9 July 2011 after a referendum in January that year, which was secured as part of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
- 9 July 2011 | Republic of South Sudan
- 9 July 2005 | Semi-autonomous Government of South Sudan (GoSS)
- 9 Jan. 2005 | Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)
- 1 Jan. 1956 | Independence from the Anglo-Egyptian condominium as part of Sudan
South Sudan’s Regions and States
Greater Equatoria
Greater Upper Nile
Greater Bahr el Ghazal
Disputed Areas
South Sudan Links
- Tuesday 22 March 2011
The Ayual Diaspora Call for Peaceful Resolution and Welcome Jonglei Governor’s Call for an Investigation in Twic East County’s Land Dispute
March 21, 2011 — We, the Ayual members in the Diaspora, are deeply saddened by the recent killing (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
May 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s National Assembly speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir has issued a warning to the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) saying that its leaders will face death at the hands of the army so long as they are (...)
- Tuesday 22 January 2013
January 21, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir on Monday announced new reforms to the national army, dismissing a number of senior army officers from their duty, as well as removing them from active service. South Sudanese (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
May 12, 2013 (JUBA) - The leadership of a youth group from the oil-contested border region of Abyei have called for the immediate termination of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA), claiming the mission (...)
- Saturday 2 February 2013
February 1, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s Warrap and Unity states have opened a joint police station on their tense border to curb cattle raiding between neighbouring communities, which regularly results in the death of civilians. Warrap (...)
- Thursday 25 August 2011
By Philip Thon Aleu
August 24, 2011 (KAMPALA) – Twic East county in Jonglei state has appealed for funds to rebuild damaged dykes in order to avoid a "disastrous" loss of livestock and crops. A man makes dyke around a retail shop in (...)
- Tuesday 11 December 2012
December 10, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan Human Rights Advocacy Association (SSHURA) on Monday called for the “immediate resignation” of security ministers, charging both the interior and a national security ministers in the office of the (...)
- Saturday 2 March 2013
March 1, 2013 (BOR) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking additional funds from donors in order to support its work limiting the spread of Haemorrhagic Septicaemia and treating infected cattle. FAO (...)
- Tuesday 12 March 2013
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
March 11, 2013 (BENTIU) – Authorities in South Sudan’s Unity state said they recovered 56 herds of cattle raided from neighbouring Warrap last week, apprehending 10 cattle rustlers in the process.
Two people, (...)
- Saturday 23 February 2013
February 22, 2013 (BOR) - An outbreak of a livestock disease in Jonglei’s Twic East county is killing around 30 cows a day in one cattle camp, according to the area’s commissioner, Dau Akoi Jurkuch.
The fatal disease appeared in (...)
Latest Comments & Analysis
The better approach to reconciliation 2013-05-17 06:07:06 By Zechariah Manyok Biar May 16, 2013 - Some of you who might have read my previous articles know that I promised some weeks ago to write separately on the topic of peace and reconciliation that (...)
OIL: is it a curse or a blessing in South Sudan? 2013-05-17 06:04:54 By Jacob K. Lupai May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high (...)
The misapprehension of peace in the context of conflict resolution 2013-05-16 11:40:39 By Ngor Arol Garang May 16, 2013 - Political leaders and citizens with an interest in politics within the Bahr el Ghazal region will come together for a one week conference on Wednesday, where (...)
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